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' ABBOTT, AND n P-Annan.

Letters Patent No. 71,304, dated llomamberl 26, 1867.

IMPROVEMENT IN FASTENING TOPS T0 BUGGIES.

TO ALL WIIOM- IT MAY GONCERN:

Be it known that I, HENRY'F. HOLT, of Fredonia, in the county ofChautauqua, and State of New York, have invented a ce-rtain improvedFastening for Securing Tops to Buggy-Seats; and I do hereby declare thatthe following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, referencebeing had tothe accompanying drawing, making a part of thisspecification, in which- Figure I is a front elevation of buggy-seat andtop.

Figure II, a. side elevation of same; and

Figure III, across-section on line 1-2 of Fig. I. l

Buggy-tops are now commonly constructed with 'a base-rail of iron, towhich therbows supporting the covering are attached. This base-rail isshaped to correspond with the upper edge of the buggy-seat, to which' itis scoured, in some instances, by bolts or screws, and in others bylock-fastenings, which permit the ready connection of the buggy-top to,or its disconnection and removal from, the buggy-seat.

My invention relates to a fastening device of thekind last mentioned,and consists in securing the buggytop to thc seat by horizontal andvertical shanks or hooks projecting from the under side of thebase-rail, and entering corresponding sockets fastened to the sides ofthe buggy'seat, acting in combination with each other, and aspring-shank hook and socket at the back of the seat, to secure the topfirmly to the seat aganstupward and backward and forward strains.

Like letters refer to like parts in each ofthe iigures.

A represents-the buggy-seat, of any common form or construction; Brepresents the base-rail of the top, to which the bows supporting thecovering are attached in a common manner. AnA extension, C, of theseat-back may be also attached to the base-rail in a common manner. D Drepresent the horizontal sockets for-med in the ends of iron plates,securely fastened by screws to the sides of the seat nea-r the frontthereof, the sockets projecting slightly beyond the rim of the seat. E Erepresent the vertical sockets formed and secured similar to sockets Dto thc sides of 'the seat, near the back thereof, and also projectingslightly over the rim of the seat in line with sockets D. F representsthe vertical socket applied tothe back of the seat, at the centrethereof, in the same manner as sockets D and E are applied to the sides.G represent the Shanks projecting from the under side of the base-railand entering the horizontal sockets D. I-I H represent the verticalshanks.pro. jecting from the vunder side of the base-rail and enteringthe sockets E. I represents the shank-hook projecting from the underside of the base-rail at the back centre thereof, and entering the'socket F. J represents a spring key riveted to the back of thebase-rail and catching between the base-rail and a shoulder, J', formedon the socket-plate I", and thereby locking the shank-hook I in itssocket F. The individual action of the horzontal Shanks G, when enteredin their sockets, will be to secure the top against an upwar'dV strainapplied at the front thereof, while that of the vertical shanks II willsecure it against a backward strain, and that of theshank-hook I willsecure it against a forward and upwhrd strain, and their combined actionwill beto secure the top firmly to the 'seat against any and all strainsto which it may be subjected. The disconnection and, removal of the topfrom theseat is effected by first pressing the spring key .I out `fromits engagement with the shoulder J', and then raising the top slightlyat the back, sufficient to withdraw the vertical shanks, when a shortbackward movement will withdraw the horizontal Shanks, and thedisengagement will be complet-e.

The Operation of connecting the top to the seatvis simply the reverse ofthat just described.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

The described arrangement ofthe horizontal and vertical shanks andsockets at the sides of the top and seat, in combination with theshank-hook and socket and spring key at the back of the seat, in themanner and for the purpose set forth.

HENRY F. HOLT.

Witnesses:

Enwann WILHELM, W. H. FonBUsn.

